Increased likelihood of Brisbane, Australia, G20 heat event due to anthropogenic climate change

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S141-S144

  King, Andrew D ^a   Black, Mitchell T ^a   Karoly, David J ^a   Donat, Markus G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; BRISBANE; BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84955511073     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00098.1     Document Type: Review

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